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Definition of Billion

1. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States.

2. Noun. The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen.

3. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain.

4. Noun. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). "There were millions of flies"

5. Noun. The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros.

Definition of Billion

1. n. According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

Definition of Billion

1. Cardinal numeral. (US modern British & Australian short scale) A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹. ¹

2. Cardinal numeral. (context: obsolete British & Australian w:Long and short scales long scale) A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹². ¹

3. Cardinal numeral. (context: colloquial plural) A very large number. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Billion

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Billion

billiard player billiard room billiard saloon billiard table billiard tables billiards billie billies billietite billing

billing credit billings billingsgate billingsgates billingsleyite billion (current term) billionaire billionaires billionfold billions

billionth billionths billitonite billitonites billman billmen billon billons billow

Literary usage of Billion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"PERSONAL INCOMES IN USA rsonal incomes in the United States rose from -j billion In 1060 to $417-410 1961 and further 1963 actual ..."

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